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captain OF Co. ID, I'd ~. ", commanded by Col.
Joseph Il. Carr. He participated in the battle of
Big Bethel and several minor engagements of the
early He resigned after four months service
and was subsequently commissioned Lieutenant
Colonel of " Billy Wilson's Zouaves the 9th NY
| He took part with that regiment in the campaigns
| In Florida and Louisiana and in the Red River
petition. He was mustered out with his regiment
in July. 1853. Col. Cassidy a model soldier and
was highly esteemed by the officers Of the old I'd
and other comrades who served with him in the
war OF the rebellion. He was n genial, whole
soued, brave and efficient officer and better man
never led a company or regiment into action. Gen.
Carr, when informed of the COlOnel's DEATH said:
| "Col. Cassidy splendid soldier. He went out
| In my regiment n Captain of Co. D. and although
| he did not remain with the I'd long, was greatly
attached to him. He was one Of the best discipline
rians we had, and was celebrated for his excellent
drill. He was temperate. Of good morals, and a
| very excellent man. He made a splendid record
and was respected for his good qualities as a man
/ a. well "a for his soldierly ability"
HAssISGER.-Col. ID. Stanley Hassinger, Assistant
Adjutant-G General of Pennsylvania died April in
| Philadelphia. He was a member of Post No. 2
| Grand Army Of the Republic a companion of the
/ Military Order of the Loyal Legion OF the United
/ States and also belonged to Industry Lodge No.
/ l3l, A. Y NJ. Col Hassinger born in Phadel-
pha Dec. "a 1872. AT the outbreak of the rebellion
/ he joined Co. r Of the old Grey reserve regiment
and in August 1852 went into active service in Co.
+, 10TH Pa. He was continually in the field until
the close Of the war; participating in all the battles
/ IN which the Army OF the Potomac engaged.
/ He WAS promoted to the rank Of Sergeant and soon
| afterward made Sergeant-Maior Of the regiment
AT the battle of the Wilderness all the officers of
/ the color company were killed or wounded and
four Of the color-bearerS successfully shot down,
/ and while the engagement was still hot the Ser
| geant- Major assigned for his gaantry to the
| command of the color company. few days after
i ward he made First Lieutenant On the 10th
of May, 1864 in desperate and partially successful
charge near SpOttsy ivania Court house. Lieut. Has
/ singer seriously wounded. Upon his recovery
/ he was detailed "a Acting Adjutant of his regiment
/ continuing in that position To the end of the war
/ lie present Mt the battle of Sailors Creek the
last fight in Virginia, and with the army at the
| surrender at AppOmattOx- He was breveted Cap
tain for gallant and meritOriOus conduct at the bat
| tie of Winchester. Gov. Hartranft appointed him
| Assistant Acknowledgement of the State in 1873
| with the rank of Colonel, and he continued to
| fill that Office uninterruptedly through all the
| changes of administration ever since.
| ALwARD.-County Commissioner, Capt Jno f.
/ Award, died Mt his home in Kittanning Pa. March
/ 30. Capt. Award had been gradually falling in
health for year prior to his DEATH His disease was
/ n general breaking down of his constitution OBJ
viOusly the result of exposure in the war. He was
a man OF public Importance, both a soldier in the
war of the rebellion and a civil officer. He en-
| tered the service q private in Co. A. Sth Pa. Re-
! serves. He was afterward Sergeant and Lieuten-
ant OF the same company, and later was a Captain
| In the 2O4th Pa. He was the leading Grand Army
| man in the County. and was active in every good
| work for the benefit of his comrades or their
/ widows and orphans.
i ROBISsoN.-At Charlottesville, o., April s. the
18th anniversary of the battle of shiloh and Mt the
/ hour of the beginning of the battle. Maj l. @. Rob
| inSOu, aged 81. He a brave and capable sol
| dier through the war. When the first gun was
| fired on the flag he, being then absent from home
1 promptly enlisted IN the three months SERVICE
served his term of enlistment and returned to his
home. He Immediately enlisted in Co. A. 18th
| Ohio, and was made Color Sergeant Of the regi-
ment on its organization at GAINESVILLE, o. in the
| Winter of 1861 The regiment left for the front
/ Feb. III, 1852, and joined the army of Gen Grant
during the attack on Fort Donelson, reaching the
i field just before the surrender. The regiment was
i made part of the division Of Gen Lew Wallace
and Serg Robinson. with it, took part in the sec
ond DAY battle at Shlloh, where the regiment was
under tire for the first time. He was commissioned
Second Lieutenant April 90 1862 being the first en-
/ listed man In the regiment to receive a commits
sion; was promoted 10 First Lieutenant June l.
1862; Captain Feb. Is, 1868; Major jan H. 1865 He
/ took part with his regiment in the campaigns of
Gen. Grant in the Southwest. ending with the sur
/ render of Nicksburg. and was slightly wounded at
the battle of Champions Hill May IS 1863. He was
with Cen Sherman the Meridian raid In Feb
/ ruary, 1864; re-enlsted with the regiment and on
the expiration OF the veteran Through joined Sher-
i mans army the Atlanta campaign at Big
Shanty, Ga. He fell severely wounded while
| leading foriorn hope on Bushy Mountain June Is
i 1861, returning TO the front, with his wounds
scarcely healed, shortly after the fall of Atlanta
He was on the march through Georgia, and COM
manded the regiment on the march through the
CarOlinas was present at the surrender of Joseph
/ IL. JOhnstOn's army; took part in the grand re-
view at washington. ID. e., In May, 1863, and was
i mustered out with mis- regiment at Louisville Ky
i in July, 1865. Returning to civil life he showed
those qualities of heart and mind that had endeared
him 10 his comrades in the field. He was always a
| moving spirit on Decoration Day and while the
village in which he lived small he never failed
to secure creditable service and have the graves
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smiling face, pleasant words and kind heart will
be missed for many day. His life exemplified the
Tact that no man lives for himself alone, and he
/ hSes most and IN impeTlshable remembrance
| whose use OF his opportunities most promotes the
/ general welfare. From his wounds and hard SER
vice resulted heart disease and breaking down of
| the whole nervous system. He met the slow adj
| vance of death with the same courage and forth
tude that he met the enemies Of his country the
battlefield. The extent of his suferngs will never
| be known TO anyone except his heroic WIFE who
for days hardly left his side His funeral on ApriI
| was largely attended. After services in the
i Presbyterian church his remains were taken
| charge of by Hazlett Post. GAR. of GAINESVILLE
| OF which organization he was an honored men,
| Der, and assisted by Dan Brown Post, Of Duncan's
| Falls he was borne to the tomb, where the
obSequies were concluded with the beautiful burial
| service of the Grand Army of the Republic.
| CoSwAY.-Gen. Thomas w. Conway, = we'll
/ known Baptist minister OF Brooklyn, N. Y and a
| prominent advocate of temperance died suddenly
April H. After conducting devotional exercises in
| the Baptist Mission Church, near East New York
| he had attack of heart disease. He was taken
| home, where he died a few moments after his ar
rival. Gen. Conway was born in Ireland AZ years
| ago, and was brought to this country when quite
/ young. A: the age OF 81 he entered the Baptist
ministry and assumed the pastorate Of a chuch on
Staten Island. AT the outbreak of the war he was
| appointed Chaplain of the 9th ". Y, was made a
Major for gallant conduct, and afterward promoted
| to the rank OF Brigadier-General He was placed
| in charge Of the Freedmens Bureau of Louisiana
| and afterward appointed State Superintendent Of
| Education.
SPAULDING.-At Newton Center. Mass. April 8.
Stillman @. SpauldiBg. He served in the SD Mass
duridg the war, and lost and leg at the bat
i tie of Gettysburg About year ago blood poison
/ ing set in, and he has been constantly falling He
| was a member of Post No. 81.
/ GLovER.-Comrade Joseph Glover. of Rose Hill
Post No. l5S, Department. of Illinois. died in Terre
| Haute, Ind, April 0. aged 80. He served three
! years in Co. ID, 9th ILL., He was buried in High
| land Lawn Cemetery by the comrades of Morton
i Post No. I, Department of Indiana.
| READY-Peter Ready, Co. III. 10Th H., committed
| suicide at Lyndon, Ill, April H. He had been an
/ inmate of the Whiteside County Infrmary for two
years. He served through the war and participated
in many Of the principal battles in the West.
! SHANLY.-Tom Shanly. known as Blind Tom a
| veteran of the war, died OF Joy in a Mott street
resort, in New York April L. He was notified that
| he was awarded an increase of pension from S2i to
| S12 per month, and was to- receive between S. 900
and 81 900 back pension, and his good luck proved
| too much for him.
| BARSEs.-At Altoona, Kan, March l. William r.
Barnes. aged 40. He served three years in Co. @,
4 SSth Ill.
/ DAUGHERTY.-At Elizabethtown KY George
| w. Daugherty, aged IS. He served three years in
the command of Col. Jacobs.
| BRowN.-At Ladoga, Ind. April 4 Peyton J.
| Brown, aged Is. He n member of Co. @. l1th
| Ind, three months service, and served three years
in Co. A, 5ist Ind Col. A. ID. Strengths regiment.
| KING-At Elk Falls. Kan. March % O. ). King
Co. B. 10th III. He Was one of the 5000 who re-
| sponded to the first call of our country. He was
| oldest brother having gone through the war with
| Mexico. younger brother did all he could to
| enlist, but being too young and too small he was
/ rejected so he and his old father Joined the Home
| Guards at Jacksonville. ILL., Comrade King was
earnest and patriotic. end no person drew more